fundus
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fundi
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Origin of fundus
1745–55; < Latin: literally, bottom
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It’s derived from the Latin fundus, meaning base or bottom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The original sense of “bottom” survives in many words related to “fund,” including foundation, fundamental, profound and the medical term fundus, the area of a hollow organ that is farthest away from the organ’s opening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
To screen for diabetic retinopathy health professionals take pictures of the rear interior wall of the eye, known as the fundus.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
Fundus autofluorescence is a non-invasive method for imaging the fundus of the eye.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
On examination of the fundus of the eye there is found slight tortuosity of the vessels with possibly areas of degeneration in the retina.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Besides being guide, he is a fundi, sometimes called Fundi Asmani, or hunter.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The pupils, movements, and fundi are quite healthy.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
Our fundi, Asmani and Mabruki Kisesa, were immediately despatched in pursuit.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Hunters were now directed to proceed east and north to procure meat, because in each caravan it generally happens that there are fundi, whose special trade it is to hunt for meat for the camp.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Skin of vitreous clear; slight weakness of external recti; cornea clear; field of vision normal for white; both fundi normal except for slight hyperæmia.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
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